1. Language Questions Revisited
    • See Characteristics of Good Questions
  2. History of Teaching Literacy
    • See History of Teaching Group 1: 1950s-1960s
  3. Life Map
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    • A high point in my school career was in the eight grade when I met
      Mr. Kennedy. He was the most awesome teacher I have ever had. He
      really drew people into the class. I had him for both Language Arts
      and Social Studies and he didn't just teach he made us really look
      into the subject and ask questions. He is the reason I want to be a
      teacher. He really made it exciting to learn, and that is want I want
      to give to my students in the future.
  4. Envisioning English
    • My vision for teaching the English Language Arts is to help students to communicate correctly and effectively. I believe that any person can become well spoken. Many people, especially students, have really great things to say and what they have to say often gets dismissed because of bad presentation. Someone might make the most profound statement but if the don't use good English the message may be overshadowed by the attention brought to their misuse of the language. The English language is the way we communicate in this country, to be successful in the in the English speaking world you must have a good understanding of the English Language.
  5. Inquiry Freewrite Brainstorming
    • At this point I am not really sure what I want to do my inquiry project on. Because the field is so open my mind is just a little overwhelmed with so many ideas trying break out I just can't think of anything I want to use! Too many choices as right now. I think I want to do something involving history for sure. I really love history! So I think I need to narrow down a to time period.